I’ve been using Channels for a few months now. Really like it. The added feature set of version 2.1 has made this app really really good.
I have grown the number of tuners and Apple TV’s I have over the last few months since I cut the cord.
Currently I have the following set up.
Four Mohu indoor antennas feeding,
Three HDHomeRun’s (each has two tuners) the old white ones.
Two of the HDHomeRun’s only have one antenna feed into them, the third HD HomeRun has two antenna feeds into it. The HDHomeRun with the two antenna feeds is using two antennas that are pointing in the same direction and pick up the same channels. I don’t think this is exactly standard procedure, but it seems to work.
So, yes I have a couple of unused tuner ports, but I would have to split the feed from the antenna to use them, and in my area I would weaken the signal strength too much. Although I may look at amplifying the signal from the antennas, split the signal, use only one antenna for each HDHomeRun and fill in the unused tuner ports.
Three Apple TV’s (4th gen) - two are on a wired ethernet connection and the third is on WiFi 802.11AC.
An iMac loaded with the EyeTV software is for DVR functions. In the EyeTV software I have disabled the tuner ports for the HDHomeRuns I don’t want the EyeTV software to try and use. Currently I can only record one show at a time, but if I am successful in amplifying the signal and splitting it, I’ll be able to record two shows at the same time. The need to record two different shows at the same time is not needed at the moment, but it’s good to have a little extra capability.
With the new feature in Channels to prioritize the tuners, I setup each AppleTV with a different HDHomeRun as the primary.
So for example, let’s assign letters to the HDHomeRuns and numbers to the Apple TV’s
TV/AppleTV #1 wired - HDHomeRun A is first, with HDHomeRun B second
TV/AppleTV #2 wifi - HDHomeRun B is first, with HDHomeRun A second
TV/AppleTV #3 wired - HDHomeRun A is first, with HDHomeRun B second
I have unchecked the third HDHomeRun C in the Channels app on all TV’s
The EyeTV software is pointed at HDHomeRun C
TV/AppleTV’s #1 and #2 are used the most and so each of these has a different primary tuner.
HomeRun A has the two antenna feeds into it.
I have stress tested this setup having all the TV/AppleTV’s with the Channels app tuned to the same channel and the EyeTV software recording this same channel at the same time. Everything worked perfectly.
Hope that everyone is having a good experience too.